Wigwam slipper



(No Model.)

D. DUDLEY.

WIGWAM SLIPPBR.

No. 391,232. Patented Oct. 16, 1888.

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL DUDLEY, OF BANGOR, MAINE.

WIGWAM SLIPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,232. dated October16, 1888.

Applicati n filed May 0, 1987.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL DUDLEY, acitizen of the United States,residing at Bangor, 1n the county of Penobscot and State of Maine, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Vigwam Slippers; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is an improvement in that class of shoes or slippers knownto the trade as Wigwam slippers, but it may be applied 'to themanufacture of any shoe or slipper. In either case the process is thesame; therefore I shall only describe it as being manufactured into amoccasin or wigwam slipper, which is made out of ordinary tanned leathershaped over a last.

My invention consists in a shoe or slipper having certain features ofconstruction, here inafter particularly described and claimed.

In order to make my invention clearly understood, I have shown in theaccompanying drawings a means for carrying it into effect.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a low shoe or slipperembodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of the same without theouter sole. Fig. 3 is a plan of the blank for the upper. Fig. 4 is aplan of the outer sole. Fig. 5 is a plan of the blank for the stiffenerfor the heel. Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing the stiffener inplace.

The upper consists of the forward portion, A, and the side portions, B,formed in one piece with and extending backwardly from the part A. (SeeFig. 3.) e is a triangular projection at the front of part A, adapted tobe turned under and to be sewed along its sides to the cdgesff. Theedges b, which bound the sides of parts, A and B, are adapted to besewed to gether by a continuous seam, which extends from the toe alongthe sole of the slipper, under the heel, and up the back of the heel tothe top edge of the article. As a result of this construction, after thesole 0 is applied no seam is visible except the short one up the back ofthe heel, while in the manufacture much time and expense are saved byreason of practically all of the sewing being performed on the con}tinuons seam between the edges 11.

' The method of manufacture is as follows:

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The rear ends, n n, of the piece B are stitched together and astiffening, D, Fig.5, isinserted. This stiffening may either be pastedor stitched to the upper or counter. A last is then inserted and thesides of the upper B stretched over the bottom of the last until-itsedges 1) b meet. These edges are then sewed together until they reachthe toe. Atthis point the end of the leather is stretched over the toeof the last, the triangular projection a just fitting into the openingleft by the sides not coming together at this point. The forward end ofthe pattern being out straight one-third of the distance across fromeach edge b b of the pattern B, Fig. 3, and then finished with atrian'gular projection, e, it turns over the toe of the last withoutpucker,its:edges f f meet, and the triangular projection e just fillsthe opening made by the ends of the sides b not meeting at the toe.These edges are now sewed together, the sewing not requring as nicestitches asare obliged to be taken in the manufacture of the 'old styleof slippers, the stitching being at the top and having more strain onthe threads; but they can be taken longer aud sewed by aloopstitch,which does not require as much time, nor so experienced a hand, and canbe sewed faster than the old butt-joint stitch with chamfered edges,used in other styles.

Having thus stretched and united my upper, I tack on a sole, 0, andstitch this sole to the upper, as shown by the dotted lines on saidsole, with a common McKay machine. Heretofore Wigwam slippers wereobliged to have all the stitching done by hand on account of beingobliged to use the peculiar stitch necessary to a butt-joint, and thestitches being in plain sight it became necessary to use great care andto employ experienced workmen to produce a nice-looking shoe. By mymethod the hand-sewed seamsare all out of sight and do not receive anystrain.

The stiffening D is made to the pattern shown in Fig. 5 and has a notch,h, in the center of its lower edge to prevent a bunch arising over theseam at the back of the shoe or slipper on the inner side at the placemarked 9 in Figs. 1 and 2, where the's'tiffening turns under to conformto the shape of the heel.

' The upper or vamp quarters and counters of, my shoe orslipper areornamented by runninga small ornamental wheel or crcascr over itssurface in diagonallines or other fanciful "designs. I also use a wheelhaving its periphery'inderited in such a manner as to form a fcreasethat imitates stitching. This wheel I run over the vamp or upper,starting at m, as shown in Fig. 1 by the dotted lines, .and running downone side, over the toe, and back to w on the other side of theshoe. Thismakes an imitation seamand causes the shoe to look like an ordinaryWigwam Slipper. All wheeling is done before the shoe is taken from thelast and while in a moist and soft state, the loathe! being first soakedin water preparatory to stitching on the last. 1

Before the otherwise finished slipper is taken from the last a slit, 3is cut in the vamp over the instep, as shown in Fig. 3. The last maythen be withdrawn and eyelets inserted each side of the slit y for thelacings, as shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus described my. invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby LetlersPatent. is

1. A blank for the upper of a shoe or slipper, consisting of the mainfront portion, A, havingthe front projection, e, and edges, ff, and thebaokwardly-extending side portions, B, havingtheir edgesb b shapedsubstantially as shown, and adapted to be sewed together,

andhaving their rear outer corners rounded,

as shown at n, as set forth, to form a seam .at-

the back of the heel continuous with that-between edges b b.

2.. As an improved article of manufacture, the herein-described slipper,consisting of an upper made in a single piece of leather and molded intoshape, the sides of the-said piece meetingalong the middle of thebottom, in combination with an outer sole applied ove the said meetingedges and seam.

DANIEL DUDLEY.

VVit-nesses:

PERCY W. J. LANZQER, M. H. WARDW'ELL.

